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Letter: Wine Wars and Climate

by Letters to the editor on Tuesday Feb 06 2018

To The Editor:

Although small, I understand the fermentation process does produce CO2, a known greenhouse gas (GHG) and as such contributes to climate change, much in the same way that flatulence emits methane – a much more potent GHG.

In terms of scale, however, the burning of fossil fuels is by far the most significant emitter.

If you were to have a strategy for the reduction of CO2 emissions, I would not put wine making and flatulence at the top of the list. If we seriously want to consider a reduction in the burning of fossil fuels, how can we at the same time consider the increased production and transport of those fossil fuels?